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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 5 - Wednesday, August 31: Alcazar de San Juan-Cuenca, 176 km
Hushovd wins after Quick.Step botches lead out
McGee enjoys the golden jersey for fourth day
By Hernan Alvarez Macias
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The Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) had his chance and took it to win the stage 5 of the Vuelta a España in a small bunch sprint in Cuenca. Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) was second and Josep Jufre (Relax Fuenlabrada) third, as Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) kept the leader jersey for the fourth consecutive day.
"It's a great victory in my career," said a happy Hushovd. "After the Tour de France I rested for a few days and then I began working to race the Vuelta and the World Championships in good condition." Hushovd commented further that he wants to stay until the end of the Vuelta if he doesn't get tired. The winner admitted he didn't know today's finale because it was the first time had been to Cuenca, "But there's always a rider who explains how it is," said Hushovd.
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Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) ended eighth today and is now third on GC, just 41 seconds behind McGee. "To get the golden jersey was difficult," said Rodriguez to Spanish TV. "I was looking for the stage win. The route was adequate for me considering my characteristics. The truth is that many people got to the front group in the finale. Tomorrow will be another day. I should try to win. I was willing to get the overall leadership, the stages were favourable for me. I was doing well and I should get the most of this week. We should fight tomorrow."
Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) was not very content as he ended 12th when he could have won today. "It was a good opportunity for me and also for Tom [Boonen]. We didn't understand each other in the last kilometre. So, today there's nothing. Tomorrow's stage will be tougher. The most important thing is to be in good condition for that day in Madrid, not the Vuelta final day but the day of the World Championships. We will all work for [Alessandro] Petacchi."
How it unfolded
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Italy's Oscar Mason (Liquigas) abandoned the race yesterday. That meant there were 193 riders who started the stage in Alcazar de San Juan. The first intermediate sprint came early at km 8 in Campo de Criptana: Bernhard Eisel (La Française des Jeux), Juan Antonio Flecha and Fabio Sacchi (Fassa Bortolo) crossed in that order.
At km 30, Jose Enrique "Quique" Gutierrez (Phonak) decided to quit the race. The two crashes he suffered on Sunday and Monday were more than enough for him. He struggled to keep going, especially yesterday. "I wonder why I'm going on, I have the feeling that I continue for nothing," he told the media pre-stage. "This pain will keep going for the whole Vuelta, so it's pointless to delay the withdrawal."
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There were some moves among the peloton, but the early breakaways didn't consolidate. At the Quintanar de la Orden intermediate sprint (km 42.6), Matej Jurco (Domina Vacanze) was first, Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner) second and Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) third. The first race hour was very fast, with the riders covering nearly 51 km/h.
Eight riders attacked at km 61: Jakob Piil (CSC), Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole), Michael Barry (Discovery Channel), Patrick Calcagni (Liquigas-Bianchi), Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Jorge Garcia (Relax Fuenlabrada) and David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval). This turned into the break of the day as two other riders abandoned: Mirco Lorenzetto (Domina Vacanze) and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Mayo came to the Vuelta to help Aitor Gonzalez, but his performance wasn't good at all as he was 108th on GC. At km 99, the group of eight had an advantage of 3'57. At the third and last intermediate sprint in Carrascosa del Campo, Michael Barry led the break, followed by Jakob Piil and Thorwald Veneberg. The gap at that point was 4'08. Barry was the best placed on GC at 1'34, so the leaders weren't allowed too much room.
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The breakaway kept going, but the big peloton picked up the tempo. They began cropping the gap and at km 134 the advantage was down to 2'42. Before the Alto del Castillo (km 163.8/12.2 km to go) the peloton caught the eight breakaways.
The many attacks began with Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) at the foot of the climb. Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) and Carlos Garcia Quesada (Comunidad Valenciana) joined the Basque rider. The three leaders couldn't make a gap to the peloton and they were swallowed by a group of around 30 riders including Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth), McGee, Hushovd, Paolo Bettini, and Tom Boonen (Quick Step), among others with 11 km to go.
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Samuel Sanchez didn't give up and attacked again on the descent. Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step) was also very aggressive. The group could control them and they faced the last two kilometres that were fairly flat. McGee was among the top contenders of the sprint, as were Bettini and Boonen. But the wheels fell off the Quick.Step train when Tom Boonen himself led out from 1 km to go, with Bettini in tow. McGee anticipated at 500m out, but that was still too early and he was marked. Bettini jumped at around 300m, then sat up as he realised it was too early. But Hushovd had waited until the perfect moment and powered home to win ahead of Perdiguero and Jufre.
Stage 6 - September 1: Cuenca-Valdelinares, 217 km
The first big mountain challenge will come tomorrow as the peloton will end its journey at the ski station Aramon Valdelinares. This is a Category 1 climb (1980 meters above the sea) that will test the big candidates for the overall like Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears), Carlos Sastre (CSC) or Denis Menchov (Rabobank). The stage has three intermediate sprints: Villalba de la Sierra (km 19.3), Puebla de Valverde (km 171.8) and Virgen de la Vega (km 206). Apart from Valdelinares, there are three climbs: Cat. 3 Alto de la Ciudad Encantada (1310 m.), Cat. 2 Puerto El Cubillo (1630 m.) and Cat. 2 Alto de San Rafael (1580 m./km 203.2). Time for the climbers to shine and for the sprinters to rest. We can not rule out some surprises among the peloton. McGee's leadership will certainly be in jeopardy.
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- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) checks everyone out
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) rolls up
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) rolls up
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) at sign on
- San Sebastian winner Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval)
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) is one of his team's most experienced riders
- Cutting the ribbon to start stage 5
- Ready, set, go!
- It's easy to get to the finish: just follow the signs
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) tries to get something happening
- Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) takes the first sprint ahead of Flecha
- Stirring it up at the front
- The heat is on!
- Quique Gutierrez drops off the peloton
- Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) had to abandon today
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) abandons during stage 5
- Francaise des Jeux controlling things for most of the day
- The break is formed by Staf Scheirlinckx and Jakob Piil
- Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) and Michael Barry (Discovery) on the front of the break
- Erik Leblacher (CA) drives the break
- Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank) driving the break
- Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) descending quickly
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) has a stretch
- Refueling time
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) looks the best of the GC riders at the moment
- Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) sucks down a bidon
- Francisco José Ventoso (Saunier Duval) drops back with 25 km to go
- Quick.Step, Fassa, and T-Mobile take over from FDJ and chase down the breakaway
- Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) riding hard
- Quick.Step setting tempo at the foot of the last climb
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) leads Carlos Sastre (CSC) on the descent after the final climb
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) celebrates his win in Cuenca
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) in the combination jersey
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) on top after stage 5
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) is the new leader in the points classification
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) increased his lead in the mountains classification
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) happy to lead the combination classification too
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.41.52 (47.59 km/h) 2 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 13 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 16 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 26 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 29 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 30 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 33 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.22 37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51 38 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 43 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 44 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 47 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 48 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 49 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 50 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 51 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 55 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 58 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 61 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 62 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 64 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 65 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 66 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 67 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 68 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 70 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 71 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 72 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 73 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 74 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 75 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 76 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 77 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 78 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 79 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 81 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 82 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 83 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 85 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 86 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 87 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 88 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 90 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 91 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 92 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24 93 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 94 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 98 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 100 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 101 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 103 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 104 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 106 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 107 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.44 108 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.19 109 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.38 110 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 111 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 112 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 113 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 114 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 115 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 116 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 117 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 118 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 119 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 121 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 122 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 124 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 125 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 126 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 127 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 128 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 129 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 131 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 132 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 134 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 135 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 136 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 137 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 138 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 139 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 140 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 142 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 143 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 144 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 146 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 149 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 150 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 151 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 152 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 153 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 154 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.52 155 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 157 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 158 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 159 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 160 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 161 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 162 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 163 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 164 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 165 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 167 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 168 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 169 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 170 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 171 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 172 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 173 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 174 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 175 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 176 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 178 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 179 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 180 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 181 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 182 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.00 183 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.07 184 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 13.11 185 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 186 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 187 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 188 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 189 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 190 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.53 DNF José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25 pts 2 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 16 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 6 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 9 8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 13 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2 15 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1 Mountains Alto del Castillo - Cat. 3, km 164 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 Sprints Campo de Criptana, km 8 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Quintanar de la Orden, km 42,6 1 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 4 pts 2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Carrascosa del Campo, km 104,5 1 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 4 pts 2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2 3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.05.36 2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 3 Comunidad Valenciana 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 5 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.22 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.51 7 Team CSC 8 Lampre - Caffita 9 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Davitamon - Lotto 1.42 12 Rabobank 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Credit Agricole 15 Relax Fuenlabrada 16 T- Mobile Team 17 Bouygues Telecom 2.15 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.33 19 Team Gerolsteiner 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 5.20 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 7.16 22 Domina Vacanze 12.21 General classification after stage 5 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 18.13.53 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.32 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.41 4 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 0.42 5 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.53 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.05 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.12 8 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 10 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.20 11 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21 13 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.25 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.26 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.31 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33 19 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.37 22 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.38 23 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.39 24 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.41 26 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.42 27 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.44 28 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.45 29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 30 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.49 31 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.51 32 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.08 33 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.19 34 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.22 35 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.23 37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.25 38 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.35 39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 2.36 41 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.38 42 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.44 43 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.48 44 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.50 45 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.52 46 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 47 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.54 48 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.55 49 Francisco José Lara (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 3.00 51 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 3.01 52 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 53 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.02 54 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.06 55 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.10 56 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 57 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.12 58 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 3.16 59 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.21 60 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.28 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3.33 62 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.38 63 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 64 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.40 65 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.50 66 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.51 67 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.55 68 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.05 69 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.19 70 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.26 71 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 4.39 72 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 4.40 73 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.08 74 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 5.17 75 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 5.19 76 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.22 77 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 5.33 78 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.55 79 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.08 80 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.10 81 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.17 82 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.18 83 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 7.02 84 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.04 85 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.06 86 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 7.07 87 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 7.26 88 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.46 89 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.24 90 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.38 91 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.09 92 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.33 93 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.39 94 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 9.46 95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9.47 97 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 9.59 99 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 10.00 100 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 10.09 101 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.13 102 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.27 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.41 104 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 10.50 105 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.55 106 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 10.59 108 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.04 109 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.09 110 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.11 111 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.16 112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.18 113 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.29 114 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 11.35 115 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 116 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 11.39 117 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 118 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.41 119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.57 120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 12.03 121 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 12.10 122 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 123 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.25 124 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 12.33 125 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.36 126 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.06 127 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.27 128 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 13.48 129 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 13.56 130 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 13.57 131 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 14.00 132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.03 133 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 14.04 134 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.06 135 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 14.07 136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 14.11 137 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.12 138 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 14.16 139 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 14.23 140 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 141 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.36 142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 14.47 143 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.03 144 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 15.23 145 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 15.26 146 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 147 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 15.27 148 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 15.34 149 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 15.45 150 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 15.56 151 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 15.57 152 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 15.59 153 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 16.05 154 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 16.09 155 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 16.37 156 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 17.04 157 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 17.23 158 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.39 159 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17.47 160 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.48 161 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 17.54 162 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.56 163 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 18.05 164 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 18.35 165 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.45 166 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 19.52 167 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.00 168 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.05 169 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 20.06 170 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.12 171 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.19 172 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 20.21 173 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 20.23 174 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 21.21 175 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 21.38 176 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 22.20 177 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.23 178 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.27 179 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 22.54 180 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23.07 181 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 23.35 182 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 23.59 183 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.09 184 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 24.38 185 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.23 186 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 26.35 187 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27.49 188 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27.55 189 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 29.54 190 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 46.31 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 64 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 42 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 5 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 26 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 22 10 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20 11 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 20 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 13 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 19 14 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 19 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 18 16 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 16 17 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 16 18 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 19 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 21 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 22 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 14 23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 25 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 12 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 7 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 8 Freddy Gonzalez (Col) Relax Fuenlabrada 4 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 11 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 13 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux 9 pts 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 11 3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 31 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 7 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 8 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 82 10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 85 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 54.45.17 2 Comunidad Valenciana 0.28 3 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 0.34 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 5 Lampre - Caffita 0.58 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.12 7 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.25 8 Team CSC 1.29 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.31 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.45 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.10 12 Bouygues Telecom 2.57 13 T- Mobile Team 3.14 14 Fassa Bortolo 15 Relax Fuenlabrada 3.22 16 Credit Agricole 4.21 17 Davitamon - Lotto 7.42 18 Team Gerolsteiner 12.24 19 Rabobank 16.34 20 Domina Vacanze 23.23 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 23.35 22 Liquigas - Bianchi 28.05
